Somersfield’s Leah Smith Honoured at Denton Hurdle Awards

June 24, 2013 — Last Friday night Bermuda’s finest Primary, Middle and Senior School athletes were invited to the Denton Hurdle Awards ceremony at Purvis Memorial Hall at Warwick Academy. The awards were hosted by Bermuda School Sports Federation.The winners were:

Middle School

Leah Smith (Somersfield Academy)

Leah Smith represented Somersfield Academy in netball, football, basketball, volleyball, track and field. She is the two-time champion in singles and doubles in the BSSF badminton and tennis tournaments. She placed first at the BSSF inter-school track and field championships. She was an all star in netball. She played on the boys’ team in both football and basketball. She is a member of the women’s under-17 and under-14 national teams in football.

Leah is also an accomplished dancer and violinist. She is a ballet, jazz and tap dancer with Somerset School of Dance. She has also achieved distinction at grade three at the Royal School of Ballet. She was a recipient of the Catherine Zeta Jones Junior Student Scholarship in 2009. She is a member of the Bermuda School of Music Violin touring group. She maintains high honours in academic achievement.

Excerpt from, “Top young athletes honoured” by Latonia Fray published in The Royal Gazette